MMA champion Francis Ngannou has made no secret of his desire to face Deontay Wilder in his third fight. IMO, the fight makes more sense now, since Wilder has had no meaningful success of late, Ngannou has been battered badly and there is a similarity in their styles. Both boxers are hard punchers and rely on their punching power more than any other aspect of their game. Ngannou has a better chin, but Wilder is more experienced as a boxer. I think this fight should happen now and it should be the last boxing fight for the loser.
On paper this would be a very intriguing fight. The problem is Wilder has chicken legs, and Ngannou sheer power an end him. And that would mean another s**** for Boxing. If Ngannou won that fight, Boxing is in the shambles again. So i don't want to see that happen. But if it happen, can you imagine if Ngannou won ? In his first 3 boxing fights, he would have fight Fury(and Ngannou won that fight and everyone knows it), AJ and then Wilder. This will be incredible. And to be fair Wilder may very well want this fights. And there is a reason for that. Ngannou could be a damaged goods now. When you get KOed like that, you are not going to be the same ever again. AJ KO Whyte out cold and took his chin away, made him glass jawed bum. When you KO someone cold, there is a chance that their durability is never the same. So as far as well know Ngannou maybe done for good.
Ngannou needs to think about his life before doing that. He made loads of monry now. If he still wants to continue in boxing he can fight Wilder or remstch Fury. He stands a change in both fights but I would do wilder first. Even if he loses the Fury fight would still be there. If he wins its bigger.
Honestly Francis needs to go back to what he does best which is MMA. He is too old to stay in boxing and learn what he would need to learn, he has made some amazing money for himself and his family. It is 2 different sports and he should do what he does best and that is MMA. He got caught by AJ with a simple mistake which was a lazy left jab return and he even looped it which left him wide open to AJ’s right. Francis did well against Fury who let’s face it looked worse for wear in that fight and it gave Francis the chance to look better then he was. I wish him well as he seems like a great human being .
